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Benjamin Franklin tied a key onto a kite during a storm and proved that static electricity and lightning were the same. His understanding of the nature of electricity showed the way for the future.
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Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, used often even in modern day.
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Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph which could send messages long distances across a wire. Morse code was also named after this man.
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Lester Pelton invented a type of free-jet water turbine called the Pelton Wheel or Pelton turbine. It created energy when water turned turbines.
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After experimenting, Thomas Edison invented an incandescent light bulb that could be used for about 40 hours without burning out.
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Alessandro Volta invented the first battery.
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U.S. scientist and businessman Charles Brush builds the first wind turbine to generate electricity.
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French scientist Henry Becquerel, observed the production of electricity directly from the sun while experimenting with an electrolytic cell made up of two metal electrodes placed in an electricity-conducting solution.
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Peter Cooper Hewitt of United States of America patented the mercury vapour lamp.
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Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermal electric power plant.
